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1 posted on 04/29/2016 7:42:11 AM PDT by wtd
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That’s a lot of coins.


2 posted on 04/29/2016 7:43:05 AM PDT by Tax-chick (What do you think it means?)
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can’t see this story at this site ,all I see is a Blue and White banner complaining about Adblocker , LOL


3 posted on 04/29/2016 7:45:35 AM PDT by butlerweave
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for later


4 posted on 04/29/2016 7:47:56 AM PDT by Don Hernando de Las Casas
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roman parking lot or Laundromat?


5 posted on 04/29/2016 7:48:24 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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I hid those there to keep them safe and now look what happened.


7 posted on 04/29/2016 7:50:05 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: wtd
Where the coins in a clay pot? If so, they're mine. I always kept my Roman coin collection in a clay pot, and I misplaced it last time I visited Seville on holiday.

So if the coins were in a clay pot, I'd appreciate it if the Spanish authorities would return them to me. And if they weren't in a pot, they probably just fell out of it, and the coins are mine anyway.

10 posted on 04/29/2016 7:52:58 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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I wonder if I can pay them face value for them???


11 posted on 04/29/2016 7:53:45 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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1000 lbs. of pesos wouldn’t be worth much......


12 posted on 04/29/2016 7:54:15 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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Is Harriet Tubman on the face?


13 posted on 04/29/2016 7:54:25 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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Major coin finds like these are nearly always from late Roman Empire - 3rd Century and beyond.

currency had been so debased by massive money printing, inflation, and devaluation, coins were not worth much. Also, they fact they were buried in the ground, and not used, indicates their low value and also the social chaos of the period.

It would probably the equivalent of 1500 years from now, someone finding a huge pile of Weimer Republic Marks.


14 posted on 04/29/2016 7:57:03 AM PDT by PGR88
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PinGGG!...............


15 posted on 04/29/2016 7:59:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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16 posted on 04/29/2016 7:59:41 AM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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All I ever find is empty beer cans.


19 posted on 04/29/2016 8:01:33 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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They can’t be worth very much.


20 posted on 04/29/2016 8:02:32 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Wow!


34 posted on 04/29/2016 8:21:25 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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Holy moley! Who would have buried that much in coins? And why?


44 posted on 04/29/2016 9:18:00 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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Goonies’ Wishing Well part 2?


56 posted on 04/29/2016 9:58:48 AM PDT by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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You’d think that construction laborers would have the sense to keep shoveling, hide the coins and shut up. Finders, keepers.


72 posted on 04/29/2016 12:14:42 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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